Kanda Matsuri
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
The Kanda Matsuri — one of Tokyo's three great shrine festivals, held in alternate years at Kanda Myojin Shrine — was among the most spectacular urban festivals in Japan, its procession of portable shrines, musicians, and costumed participants filling the streets of the old merchant and artisan districts. Shotei renders the festival's street-level energy with the intimate attention to figure and crowd that distinguished his urban subjects from more formal documentary treatments. The festival's deep connections to Edo merchant culture gave it a particular historical resonance.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kanda Matsuri was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Kanda Matsuri was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Kanda Matsuri depicts urban scenes and summer.